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A question from one not well versed in things SR, were these used on the IOW?

The norm seems to be more like none will appear during the currency of a current catalogue and half will appear during the currency of the next catalogue.

I used to have a catalogue from a major (ex) manufacturer promising classes 44, 45, 46, 90 and 91. None of them ever came of course. They cancelled the 90 and 91 when Hornby announced them too and then they started to run into financial problems and nothing new came between then and the inevitable end. Their demise also meant that the Murphy 141 took well over 10 years to finally emerge, although this was probably a good thing in this particular case. I'm sure an Italian 141 wouldn't have been in the same league as what was eventually produced.

I remember seeing a Sealink rake arrive at Bristol TM in the late 80s on a relief from Glasgow. Can't remember where they were going, but they went past TM, so Exeter at least (reliefs never ran to Taunton at the time).

Hows about a few nocturnals.. The shot of 080 was, incredibly taken just before midnight. Early Summer days in Scotland are certainly long . The phots are: 37711 at Newport 37891 Doncaster 37238 Doncaster on the Baglan Bay smellies 37505 Carlisle on the Stranraer steel 37379/373 on the Clitheroe 37109 Newport 37074 Bath Road 37048 Bath Road 37152 Perth on the Yank-ex 37428 Perth at the end of its diagram 37080/214 Perth on the Southbound IS sleepers

That's not 697. 697 was VF built, that's an RSH. Might be 687, that was RSH and was a Buxton pool loco. 697 was a CF coal loco. 699-689 were delivered from refurb in plain RF grey, 688 down were delivered with the red band addition.

And an old shot of 57601 at TM.

57008 and 009 on their way down to Plymouth to collect some Naval nuclear waste. Seen here at Lawrence Hill.

There seems to be a few people wanting first gen DMUS. I would like a couple of class 126s, but realise that it has a limited appeal and is unlikely to be viable. A class 120 however (which I also would buy a couple of) has a much bigger audience. They worked all over the place, Cornwall, West Wales, Midlands, Inverness etc.

Except the 91s that is..

It's one of the bridges just south of Basford Hall Yard.

Aberdeen docks used to be worked by a skirted loco. I think it was one of the Wisbech ones transferred up to Kittybrewster.

Post 61 there's a shot labelled as 37377+37291. The back loco is definitely not 37291. I can identify it as definitely 37351. It was the only one of the initial batch to carry this livery. (the cantrail grilles identify it as one of D6700-4) Post 131 there's a splitbox 37 coming off a bridge. This is 37096, the only one to receive that peculiar paint job at the bottom of the nose.

The 26 4th phot in post #3 looks like the bridge at Clachnaharry, just West of Inverness.

WARNING - SOME OF THE FOLLOWING IMAGES MAY CAUSE DISTRESS TO TRACTOR BASHERS OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION b***r - my scanner's on its way out by the looks of it - nasty vertical band down all the scans.

D261 did have square corners, I was looking at a shot of it (as D261 in blue) on railbrit.co.uk just yesterday.

Bristol's a dynamic, thrusting place. One of the first cities to propose bringing back trams.... tick tock tick tock

The difference between the two JLTRT ones is just down to the different viewing angle. Needless to say the JLTRT ones are correct. The Heljan model has an almost continuous curve to the roof which is wrong, there's a definite 'step' in the curvature with an almost flat section on the real thing.

Doing anything my radio advised

There used to be a couple of black electrification coaches parked up just south of Stafford back in the late 80s. I don't think they were still in use though. I saw some somewhere else on the LM in the late 80s too, but can't remember where they were - Stonebridge Park possibly?

I think this is a 150/9 diagram, but with there only being two 150/9s to cover two diagrams....

You're misunderstanding what 'fixed bunker' means. It doesn't mean that the rear section isn't articulated - it's the manner in which the fireman gets the coal. Fixed bunker is just a normal coal bunker. Rotating bunker is a method of automatically feeding coal to the front of the bunker.

They are, but they sometimes turn up on Cardiff-Paigntons.

Specially arranged for Water Skiing

I was there just a couple of weeks ago - blue skies and sunshine, roasting hot. Bit different today. I was amazed by how much the beach has changed. When I used to go there on hols many years ago I used to dive off that stone breakwater, you could do so along nearly all its length at high tide. Now the sand has piled right up against it. There's still a big drop on the other side though. The jetty at Langstone Rock has taken a bit of a beating...